It is hard to guess what a Brazilian three-banded armadillo weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Brazilian three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) on average weights 1.49 kg (3.28 lbs).
The Brazilian three-banded armadillo is from the family Dasypodidae (genus: Tolypeutes). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 30 cm (1′ 0″). Normally, Brazilian three-banded armadillos can have babies 1 times a year.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The Brazilian three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) is an armadillo species endemic to eastern Brazil, where it is known as tatu-bola (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɐˈtu ˈbɔlɐ], lit. ball armadillo). It is one of only two species of armadillo that can roll into a ball (the other is the southern three-banded armadillo). It has suffered a 30% decline in population in the last 10 years.
Animals of the same family as a Brazilian three-banded armadillo
We found other animals of the Dasypodidae family:
- Southern long-nosed armadillo bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Screaming hairy armadillo with a weight of 930 grams
- Big hairy armadillo bringing 4.46 kilos (9.83 lbs) to the scale
- Seven-banded armadillo bringing 1.53 kilos (3.37 lbs) to the scale
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo bringing 3.74 kilos (8.25 lbs) to the scale
- Southern three-banded armadillo bringing 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs) to the scale
- Nine-banded armadillo bringing 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs) to the scale
- Greater fairy armadillo with a weight of 130 grams
- Giant armadillo bringing 41.33 kilos (91.12 lbs) to the scale
- Greater naked-tailed armadillo bringing 5.35 kilos (11.79 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Brazilian three-banded armadillo
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tolypeutes tricinctus:
- Common kusimanse with a weight of 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs)
- Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Woylie with a weight of 1.22 kilos (2.69 lbs)
- Long-tailed porcupine with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Northern brown bandicoot with a weight of 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs)
- Grizzled giant squirrel with a weight of 1.33 kilos (2.93 lbs)
- Ruddy mongoose with a weight of 1.7 kilos (3.75 lbs)
- Platypus with a weight of 1.48 kilos (3.26 lbs)
- Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Eastern lowland olingo with a weight of 1.24 kilos (2.73 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Brazilian three-banded armadillo
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Brazilian three-banded armadillo:
- Brown greater galago with a size of 30.7 cm (1′ 1″)
- Mimic tree rat with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Cuban solenodon with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Painted ringtail possum with a size of 26.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Menzies’ echymipera with a size of 34.9 cm (1′ 2″)
- Common echymipera with a size of 27 cm (0′ 11″)
- Great Key Island giant rat with a size of 27.5 cm (0′ 11″)
- Moonrat with a size of 32.7 cm (1′ 1″)
- Mountain weasel with a size of 24.4 cm (0′ 10″)
- Angolan kusimanse with a size of 32.6 cm (1′ 1″)